Overview

• Judge Bertrand St-Arnaud accepted a psychiatrist's report concluding the accused met the threshold for a not criminally responsible finding.
• Both the Crown and the defence agreed on the facts of the case and on the conclusion that her mental state barred a conviction.
• The 48-page assessment by psychiatrist Marie-Michèle Boulanger recommends continued hospital custody with occasional unaccompanied outings.
• The three-year-old was found by Ontario Provincial Police using a thermal drone near Highway 417 after a three-day search and now receives ongoing psychiatric care under her father's custody.
• Court-read facts said the woman's mental health had deteriorated for months, she believed her daughter was possessed, and she acted erratically before reporting the child missing.